List of works by Fartein Valen

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Works with opus numbers

  • Op.1: Legende for piano (1907–08)
  • Op.2:
  • Piano Sonata No.1 (1906-12) (published 1915, Norsk Musikforlag)
  • Salme 121 for choir and orchestra (1911)
  • Op.3: Violin Sonata (1912–19)
  • Op.4: Ave Maria for soprano and orchestra (1914–21). Also an arrangement for soprano and piano (1921). Both versions ©1950
  • Op.5: Piano Trio (1917–24, ©1930)
  • Op.6: 3 Gedichte von Goethe (3 poems by Goethe) for soprano and piano (1925–27, ©1929)
  • Sakontala
  • Weiss wie Lilien
  • Suleika
  • Op.7: Mignon – Zwei Gedichte von Goethe, for soprano and orchestra (1920–27)
  • So lasst mich scheinen
  • Heiss mich nicht reden
  • Op.8: Zwei Chinesische Gedichte for soprano and orchestra (from Hans Bethges Die Chinesische Flöte) (1925–27)
  • In Erwartung des Freundes (Mong-Kao-Yen)
  • Der Abschied des Freundes (Wang-Wei)
  • Op.9: Darest Thou now, o Soul for voice (soprano?) and orchestra (Walt Whitman) (1927–28)
  • Op.10: String Quartet No.1 (1928–29, ©1936 - score plate 24086 Hansen)
  • Op.11: Pastorale for orchestra (1929–30, ©1933)
  • Op.12: Hvad est du dog skiøn (H. A. Brorson) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1930, ©1932)
  • Op.13: String Quartet No.2 (1930–31, first edition ©1932, second edition ©1955)
  • Op.14: Two motets for women's voices a cappella (1931, ©1932)
  • Quomodo sedet sola civitas
  • Regina coeli laetare
  • Op.15: 2 Motets for Male choir a cappella (1931, ©1931)
  • O Salutaris Hostia
  • Quia vidisti me
  • Op.16: Two motets for mixed choir a cappella (1931–32)
  • Etdices in die illa (©1954)
  • Deus noster refugium et virtus (©1950)
  • Op.17:
  • Op.18:
  • No.1: Nenia for orchestra (1932–33, ©1959) (sometimes published as Op.1?)
  • No.2: An die Hoffnung for orchestra (1933, ©1948)
  • Nachtstück
  • Valse Noble
  • Lied ohne Worte
  • Gigue
  • Op.23: Variations for piano (1935–36, ©1949)
  • Op.24: Gavotte and Musette for piano (1936, ©1948)
  • Op.25: Kom regn fra det høie (Josua Stegmann/Brorson) – motet for women's voices a cappella (1936)
  • Op.26: O store Konge, Davids Søn (N. A. Urbimontanus) – motet for male choir a cappella (1936–37)
  • Op.27: Vaagn op, min Sjæl (T. Kingo) – motet for mixed choir a cappella (1937)
  • Op.28: Prelude & Fugue for piano (1937, ©1949)
  • Op.29: 2 Preludes for piano (1937, ©1948)
  • Op.30: Symphony No.1 (1937–39, ©1947)
  • Op.31: Zwei Lieder, for soprano and piano (1939, (not published until) ©1976)
  • Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Schiller)
  • Anakreons Grab (Goethe)
  • Op.32: Die dunkle Nacht der Seele, for soprano and orchestra (Juan de la Cruz) (1939)
  • Op.33: Prelude and Fugue for organ (1939, ©1948)
  • Op.34: Pastoral for organ (1939, ©1949)
  • Op.35: Ode to Solitude (Ode til ensomheten) for orchestra (1939, ©1955)
  • Op.36: Intermezzo for piano (1939–40, ©1952)
  • Op.37: Violin Concerto (1940, ©1948)
  • Op.38: Piano Sonata No.2 (1940–41 , ©1948)
  • Op.39: Zwei Lieder, for sopran and piano (1941, ©1954)
  • Denk es, o Seele (E. Mörike)
  • Tretet leise zu meinem Grabe (old grave inscription)
  • Op.40: Symphony No.2 (1941–44)
  • Op.41: Symphony No.3 (1944–46 , ©1949)
  • Op.42: Serenad for wind quintet (1946–47)
  • Op.43: Symphony No.4 (1947–49 , ©1949)
  • Op.44: Piano Concerto (1949–50, ©1953)
  • Op.45: Symphony No.5 (unfinished, sketches only; 1951-52. Opus numbering appearing on first sketch)